---
name: "Hindering Touch"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Storm"]
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Glen Angus"
oracle_id: "90c6f338-fc41-4499-8f39-1cd202a2cd31"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hindering-touch-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hindering Touch
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Storm

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flusterstorm](/printing/flusterstorm-pz1.md) — Instant
2. [Quench](/printing/quench-rvr.md) — Instant
3. [Counterspell](/printing/counterspell-dmr.md) — Instant
4. [Miscast](/printing/miscast-m21.md) — Instant
5. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Ertai's Scorn](/printing/ertais-scorn-dmu.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #37
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Glen Angus
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`